Telegram-herald., 1887-11-20


CAPr1is .-ks citizen ef Aicaigaa.
volunteer . AaranSaa : citizen u flt1ois.
Slr, / regard yoQr ssvmoa ossf ne 1saa
anarchists a. more desi.isA and dangerous
than their kombs. As = laEysr = s@s
year d1ty % SO thai the men charged. I'D
= AR trisl. aad that 9ssiallezstsd iasilcs
sas nesed eaE % then. Although + IS
generally believed that II the aozrcaists
had smpi0yed 10 counsel a. al Dat
frankly sad IN open court, dsp-of 81
the tEaitor1Us. revolutionary and iReeadi-
sry ls8ga.ss they aAd Used al tas
HaymaIksI slaughter. and solsnaig
denied any cOapliclty IA tafosinz
tie damnabIs bombs, they might not have
been convicted, or al leAss have been shown
= nobls mercy sad consideration; yet Is
.ss your professional prerogstivs 10 con
ducs tnS e4ss a. you did. resulting IA tour
OF tie eaiprits being hang. i,
bat, sir, alter you, Butler and others, Dad
condQCted a madiy heroic DC enss. Tor
which it i. said you received large amounts
Of money, which. " the way were better
IN The hands Of the sorr0slng widows and
OTphzas OF the departeol. you appear IN
altogether another and unproisssionai
light. before = huge and motley throns.
4ud preach = sermon
And the press has hsralded your traitor
Gus, delaslVe. revolutionary aad villAinOus
words throughout the c-untTy. Hence
arraiga you Ia lEe oOldest language, as ioi-
lows.
slaading By the tornbs OF the men that
the great State OF Illinois nsa just tried.
convicted, sentenced and hung, AID SPEAK
ing 10 \ dangerous aud lnsurrecIlOnary
mass Oi humanity the Tanksst sympathizers
aud pr0yOkegs OF anarchy, (which is trea-
son, YOU, ike a traitor, or a shyster bid
ding for more gold. stained WITH the blood
OF 0luer tragedies and coming salts, you,
/ s.r, dare 20 express such dannable sophlstry
as I nege quOse against you!
After much culOgistic rOdOmontade
/ which was b0istfously ayplauded, and was
hitting as . dirge over the uOo.est oi mar
tyrsl you proceed 20 unb.ushiugly use such
terms as:
For the love or truth they died. and now
| they see the rapturous sweetness Of truths
/ complexities"
Og The men who had Just swung you say
You kaOw, many OF you. who have Rad
the press, bow giandly they passed out OF
I this li.e.
/ Then again: As the years go by-of
/ which their services will be a sublime part
they viii cone ~ be known. 10 be loved,
/ to 20 sesered.'
Ard still again: "They we're men who
/ loved peace. sen of gentle instincts; men
! of gracious tenderness OF heart, etc.
| Speaking OF Tie triumph OF the doctrines
which led 10 the execution OF the dyna-
miters. you say:
We look forward 10 that day. We hope
| for il. We wait for II.
1 And worse stlll YOU cry.
We are not here 10 mourn over our
| dead. We are here TO pay, by our presence
and our words, the tribute of our apprecia-
uon and the witness OF our love-
Then lastly. after reciting some treason
able dOggeral, you say: We may Well
close the volume. and seal up the record. ana
| give our lips to the praise of their
heroic deeds and their sublime sef-sac-
ridce.'
| Mr.. Black, such sentiments are blacker
than your name. Either these men were
murdsrers or the State and people of Illi-
DOis are. III Spies, Engel and Parsons,
| Liugg and Fischer were innocent, then the
| Judge and jury tha. convicted, and Cover
nor Oglesby. VINO refused To reprieye them.
are guilty. There are no two sides to the
| question. IL IS simply this: Have some
! red-handed conspirstors, anarchists and
! akettors o! murder been hung? or, have
/
| Christians been muruereig
But you 20 further than villa;nously pro-
| claiming ths msctyrdom OF these men.
yon boldly and 5razsnly espouse their doe
/ trinesi
You had an opportunity. sir. If parading
as religious teacher. after your AS | re-
gard them, worse than worthless prOfes-
siOnal services were ended. TO dam danger.
Gus and reasonable ioTrent--so far as IN
you lay the power. Ii was an occasion for
the dong Of great gocd. and the giving OF
sound sdgioe--all of which would have
been consi tered from your professional
aud sympathetic lips; but you are traitor
| Yourself You famed the flames of trea-
! son among a vast funeral crowd. You in.
suited the great State of Illinois and the
American fay and If fires and aSsassina-
tiOns follow, you should swing from the
same scaiiold as did Parsons and Spies
| Anarchy means the downfall of this Re.
| public. The men Who advocate that are
| traitors. and he who eulogizes dynamite
iends and bomb throwers-even after they
hare been hung-is himself traitor and a
| william.
| Hoping. sir. that yoL aud Herr Most may
os tried and convicted by the same jury,
AN yours cordially.
1 J. MASON REYSoLps,
4 Grand pap;d. N;nb